The Florida legislature will get right on approving that now that he was so kind to point it out. Thank you, Karen.
And add this to it... COVID: In Florida hospitals, ‘there are only so many beds’ https://apnews.com/article/joe-bide...rus-pandemic-38917e4fd073c8142df15de2d8102a24 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida hospital chain is suspending elective surgeries and putting beds in conference rooms, an auditorium and even a cafeteria as many more patients seek treatment for COVID-19. “We are seeing a surge like we’ve not seen before in terms of the patients coming,” Memorial Healthcare System’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marc Napp said Wednesday during a news conference in Hollywood. Napp said they’ve opened up an additional 250 beds at Memorial’s six hospitals in Broward County. Unlike during last year’s spring and summer COVID surges when many sick people tried to avoid hospitals for fear of catching the virus, patients suffering from other ailments are also seeking treatment now, Napp explained. On Wednesday, there were more than 1,600 inpatients admitted for overnight stays across the system’s facilities. Typically, the health system doesn’t have more than about 1,400 inpatients under its care at a time. “This is the highest number of patients Memorial has ever seen,” he said. “It’s the sheer number coming in at the same time. There are only so many beds, so many doctors, only so many nurses,” Napp said. Across Florida, more than 12,000 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19 on Wednesday, and nearly 2,500 of them were in ICU beds. On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported more than 50,000 new COVID-19 cases in Florida during a three-day span, raising the seven-day average to one of the highest counts since the pandemic began. In total, the state has seen more than 2.6 million cases and 39,179 deaths. Gov. Ron DeSantis has rejected calls to enforce CDC recommendations that nearly everyone wear masks indoors until vaccination rates increase significantly. The Republican leader says deciding whether to mask up or get the shots must remain an individual choice, and meanwhile it’s important to keep Florida’s economy moving. “Florida is a free state, and we will empower our people. We will not allow Joe Biden and his bureaucratic flunkies to come in and commandeer the rights and freedoms of Floridians,” DeSantis, who has been exploring the possibility of running for president in 2024, said in a fundraising email Wednesday night. At Memorial, Napp said the patients being treated for COVID-19 are largely unvaccinated. The COVID-19 vaccines were designed to prevent severe illness and death, and none are 100% effective, so public health experts have always expected a small number of “breakthrough” cases with milder infections among the vaccinated. Some of those sickened in this latest surge took all the necessary precautions. Fort Lauderdale retirees Doug and Judi Custer said they did everything they were told to ward off the virus. They both got vaccinated and continued to wear masks at the grocery store, even when mandates were lifted. So when Judi Custer, 75, got a sore throat a few weeks ago, she didn’t think much of it. Even with the cough and fever, “that never entered my mind that it could be COVID,” she said. Her 80-year-old husband also had a cough, chills and terrible headaches. So after a friend informed her that a few people they’d recently been in contact with tested positive, she got tested for COVID at an urgent care center, just to be safe. Her husband refused. She was shocked when the test came back positive. Her husband’s condition deteriorated rapidly. He struggled to breathe and spent five days in the hospital, where they put him on oxygen. She started feeling better, but was concerned for her husband, a retired teacher. With hospitals now overcrowded, she was not allowed to visit him. Their daughter flew home to help. “Continue to be cautious and careful and take all the measures you can. Even though you think you’re immune to getting COVID, you’re still vulnerable to it,” she said in a phone interview. “It’s not just you if you choose not to get vaccinated,” she said sitting beside her husband, who is still using oxygen and slowly regaining his strength. “You are making it more difficult for other people, and to get us back to normalcy of life in our country.” “The immunization is there. We’ve had it long enough to know it is helping people even if they get sick with it, like us you’re less likely to be put on a ventilator, you’re less likely to be hospitalized,” she said. “I wasn’t hospitalized. You’re less likely to get it as severe.”
Florida Leads Nation In Kids Hospitalized For COVID https://tinyurl.com/enzf7a3n According to the Tampa Bay Times, Florida’s child hospitalization rate is, when adjusted for population, 0.76 kids hospitalized per 100,000 residents, the highest rate in the country. Between July 23 and 29, the Florida Department of Health reported 10,785 new COVID-19 infections among kids under 12. Sadly, for kids old enough to be vaccinated, the numbers of infected are even higher — 11,048 new cases that same week for kids ages 12-19. The Times also reports that as of July 17, Florida has stopped reporting COVID deaths by age group to the CDC. The paper spoke with Dr. Claudia Espinosa, pediatric infectious disease specialist at the University of South Florida, about the new surge in child cases and hospitalizations. The doctor expressed concern over cases spiking when kids return to school soon. “I’m terrified of what’s going to happen,” she says.
Florida Reports Rise in COVID-19 Hospitalizations Among Children The surge in cases of COVID-19 comes as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order prohibiting a mask mandate for schools https://people.com/health/florida-reports-rise-in-covid-19-hospitalizations-among-children/ Florida is tackling the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic as cases skyrocket among children throughout the state, specifically teens who are not vacccinated.
Can you post the mortality rate for children? Because if this is a problem, I'd expect you'd show this data so we can see how big the problem is.
Done! You don't need to ask me to add your hysterics - the forum does a good job of showing all your old posts, predictions and claims for the horseshit they end up being. Its too much fun!
"DeSantis for the win" -- Still #1 in Covid. Tell us again why DeSantis will not report Florida's daily Covid data. Florida leads the nation in new Covid-19 adult and child hospital admissions https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/co...s-08-05-21/h_a37b4ae8ddc83748901d9912e5409247 The state of Florida leads the nation in the number of adults and children admitted into the hospital with confirmed cases of Covid-19, data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention shows. The latest CDC data, published Thursday, shows that at least 2,065 adults and 47 children were admitted with Covid-19 into Florida hospitals since the previous day. Texas trailed behind Florida with at least 1,318 adults and 40 pediatric Covid-19 hospitalization admissions. Florida also leads the nation in the total number of children hospitalized with confirmed Covid-19 cases. CDC data shows at least 143 children are hospitalized in Florida, with 140 children hospitalized in Texas. As for total adult Covid-19 hospitalizations, Florida leads the nation with 12,373 patients, followed by Texas with 7,727, according to the latest CDC data. In recent weeks, Florida has led the nation in the number of new Covid-19 cases reported, accounting for about 1 in 5 new cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Since we all know why you can't (won't) show any COVId deaths for children, here you go. Florida since pandemic began. So sorry this is happening to you, GWB. Seven whole deaths since the pandemic began for 16 years and younger. In the entire state of the third most populous state in the country. SEVEN http://ww11.doh.state.fl.us/comm/_p..._archive/covid19-data/covid19_data_latest.pdf Hysterical GWB. Chicken Little.
Yes... and just this week Florida opened a hospital operation for Long Covid with a group focusing on children. They have a six month wait list. Based on your reasoning polio is not important to address since only a small portion of the children died from it.